Stage: Final Publications

Regulatory Agency Final Publications

FAA AC 150_5200_37A_Part_139_SMS Safety Management Systems for Airports

This Advisory Circular (AC) presents the concepts of a Safety Management System
(SMS) and provides detailed guidance about developing and implementing SMS for an
airport.
An SMS enhances safety, ensures compliance with applicable regulatory standards, and
can be integrated into all aspects of airport operations, including business and
management practices. This AC explains how SMS will help airports develop an
explicit, pro-active, and engaged process for identifying and quantifying potential
hazards and risks and for managing them in a systematically coherent, logical, and
reasonable way.

FAA Notice N8900_651 Revised/New FAA Forms for Mechanic, Inspection Authorization, Parachute Rigger, and Repairman Applications

This notice announces the new Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) Form 8610-3, Airman Certificate and/or Rating Application – Repairman; and revisions
to existing FAA Form 8610-1, Mechanic’s Application for Inspection Authorization, and FAA
Form 8610-2, Airman Certificate and/or Rating Application – Mechanic and Parachute Rigger.
This notice also announces changes to related guidance for evaluation and certification of
mechanic, Inspection Authorization (IA), parachute rigger, and repairman applicants under
Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 65 subparts D, E, and F.

FAA Notice N8900_650 Clarification on the Operational Evaluation Process

This notice provides information and guidance to the Aircraft
Evaluation Division (AED) on the Flight Standardization Board (FSB) Operational Evaluation
(OE) Policy Initiative, resulting from the Air Carrier Training Aviation Rulemaking Committee
(ACT ARC) and the Flight Standardization Board Workgroup (FSB WG) recommendations
on OE.

Opinion No 01/2023 Regulatory framework on the conformity assessment of ATM/ANS systems and ATM/ANS constituents (ATM/ANS equipment) for the safe and seamless operation of the European ATM network

The objectives of this Opinion are to put forward a proposal regarding:

  • the conformity assessment of certain ATM/ANS equipment (i.e. ATM/ANS systems and ATM/ANS constituents) as well as regarding the approval of organisations involved in its design and/or production;
  • the adaptation of the implementing rules adopted on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 552/2004 to the framework under Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 as required by the legislator in accordance with Article 140(2) of the referenced Regulation, while ensuring continuous compliance with those rules by optimising the use of resources during the demonstration of compliance and reducing the administrative burden, as well as enabling the clear allocation of responsibilities to the affected parties and maximising the synergies with existing processes.

The proposed amendments will increase legal certainty and support the implementation of the seamless operation of the European Air Traffic Management network (EATMN) at all times and for all phases of flight.

The proposed new regulations and the amending ones are expected to maintain safety or even increase it through enhanced commonality, continuous compliance, and oversight of the interoperability of the EATMN while reducing the regulatory burden, increasing cost-effectiveness, and improving harmonisation among the affected parties in terms of system technical requirements.

In order to achieve these objectives, this Opinion proposes new Regulations on conformity assessment of certain ATM/ANS equipment, approval of organisations involved in the design and/or production of ATM/ANS equipment, airspace usage requirements (AUR) and amendments to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/373 as regards conformity assessment of ATM/ANS systems and ATM/ANS constituents and interoperability of the EATMN as well as to Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 as regards interoperability of the EATMN.